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Chinese nationals ignore embassy warnings in gold rush to DRC’s troubled east
executive secretary of the NGO initiative Good Governance of Natural Resources in the provincial capital Bukavu. The gold rush coincides with a surge in prices for the precious metal, which ...
Congo's army and Burundian allies slow M23 rebel's southern march
Congolese troops with support from Burundi's army appeared on Friday to be holding back a push south by Rwandan-backed rebels ...
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Congo: interests in coltan, gold and cobalt behind the violence
Reports from eastern DR Congo are not reassuring. The ongoing war in North Kivu is escalating into a regional conflict that is spreading far beyond Goma. Militiamen belonging to the armed group M23, ...
Rwandan-backed M23 advance into DR Congo threatens regional war
M23 now controls nearly all of North Kivu and the province’s vast mineral wealth—including tin (cassiterite), tantalum ...
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Rwandan‑backed M23 rebel group declares ceasefire in east of DRC
Rwandan-backed armed group M23 announced a humanitarian “ceasefire” from Tuesday in DR Congo’s explosive east, days before a ...
Democracy Now5d
M23 Rebels Prepare to March on Bukavu After Seizing Eastern Regional Capital
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, M23 fighters say they will march on the city of Bukavu, after the Rwanda-backed group seized control of the eastern city of Goma. The head of the Congo ...
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Chinese nationals ignore embassy warnings in gold rush to DRC's troubled east
executive secretary of the NGO initiative Good Governance of Natural Resources in the provincial capital Bukavu. The gold rush coincides with a surge in prices for the precious metal, which ...